Old English Dictionary Entry

Acsung

Part of speech: e; Related words: ascung. acsung

Definitions

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1 acsung

f. An asking, a question, an inquiry, inquisition, interrogation, that which is inquired about, information; interrogatio :-- Uneáþe ic mæg forstandan ðíne acsunga I can scarcely understand thy questions, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 16.

Similar Words

-a
-an
-andwlatod
-anne
a

Runic Inscription

ᚪᚳᛋᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)

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